Africa press review

The early parliamentary elections on Saturday were marked by a very strong abstention. “Major share, the national share reached only 30.2%, points Young Africa, the minimum score of at least 20 years for legislative elections. In comparison, it was 35.7% during the last election in 2017 (and 42.9% in 2012). Participation is even down compared to the 2019 presidential election, where Abdelmadjid Tebboune was elected with…

In Mali itself, the newspaper Malikilé wonders whether it is a "confession of failure in France's military strategy in the Sahel", a "bloodbath" or a "great irritation. The development of the situation in Mali". In all his questions, Malikilé also states that "the future candidate Emmanuel Macron saves himself a sword of Damocles over his head with possible reports of French soldiers being killed somewhere in the vast…

In response to last week's coup, the African Union lifted Mali's membership yesterday, Tuesday 1 June, and threatened sanctions if a civilian-led government is not re-established.A sanction that complies with ECOWAS's points Mali Tribune. "The subregional organization did not go in the direction of financial sanctions announced by some observers. It was limited to political sanctions. That is, Assimi Goïta will remain…

"The Secretary-General of the Ivorian Popular Front, Assoa Adou, lifted the veil on the day he returned to Abidjan for former President Laurent Gbagbo. Infodrome. It was yesterday during the anniversary ceremony for the former president's 76th birthday, a ceremony organized by the women of Offpi, the FPI's women's organization, in the triangle space in the city of Cocody. To believe that, Assoa Adou, the founder of FPI, will…

"While the war against the jihadists in the north and in the center of Mali is still far from winning, the military once again intervened in the political game in Bamako. notes Le Monde Africa. On August 18, 2020, the same group of five colonels, already led by Assimi Goïta, forced President IBK to resign. Nine months later, the scenario was repeated with the interim president. The story seems to stem and the international…

Colonel Assimi Goïta, who already fell from IBK nine months ago, has therefore just rejected the president of the transition, Bah N'Daw, and his prime minister, Moctar Ouane. Even though he was officially vice president, the colonel was and still is the strong man in the country.Yes, exclaims Informantri Bamako, “Bah N'Daw, Moctar Ouane and Colonel Assimi Goïta, who decides? All indications are that the first two should…

Thunderclap yesterday in the already occupied Malian political sky: "barely the list of the new government is presented, saysMaliweb, dissatisfied soldiers manu-militari arrested the president of the transition, Bah N'Daw, the prime minister, Moctar Ouane, as well as the president's secretary general and the new defense minister. They were forcibly taken to the Kati military camp, a few kilometers from Bamako, the center of…

"The city of Goma, the capital of the DRC province of North Kivu, has survived," the Congolese sitePolitico. Threatened by the destruction of the volcano Nyiragongo, which erupted early in the evening on Saturday, Goma was finally not reached by the lava flows. The molten magma stopped at the city gates and destroyed homes and fields in the Buhene built-up area."Patrick Muyaya, Minister of Communications and Government…

Among the many eleven personalities coming into the brand new authorities in Congo-Brazzaville is an opponent, Honoré Sayi, appointed Minister of Power and Hydraulics. Till then, this philosophy instructor was president of the parliamentary group of the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy, the primary opposition celebration. Younger Africa, ”Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso, 46, son of the President, takes on the newly…

Palaver bushes on the pearl of the lagoon ... Abidjan was the positioning of two occasions linked to the anticipated nationwide reconciliation: in Burkina Faso, first; on the Ivory Coast then.In the image, exhausted Blaise Compaoré appears to be like like she's misplaced. To the fitting, Zéphirin Diabré, severe face, straight as an "I". Between the 2 Burkinabè flags. Environment ... The photograph is in fact within the…